Help Send Peewee Football Player to National Championship Game

For those in a charitable holiday mood today, we highlight some local people that are asking for help, like a peewee football player that overcame a serious injury and was able to help his team advance to the National Pop Warner Super Bowl in Orlando, Fla.

Shamir Jr.'s family is among Mountain View residents we're highlighting who need help. 

After a hard year — Shamir faced a early season injury (4 staples in the top of his head) — and quite a few team injuries, thy finished with a 6-2-1 record. 

Seed No. 4 they beat Oakland in Round 2 of the playoffs and topped Santa Clara in the championship game and 28-12. The team is the first team in Redwood City 49ers history since 2000 to advance to Florida in Division 1.

Shamir is just $400 short of his $2,000 goal.

You can read more and browse the local campaigns by GoFundMe above to find a campaign you're interested in: They may be next door, or working to help people on the other side of the world.

Unlike other crowdfunding websites like Kickstarter, GoFundMe focuses more on helping people fund very personal goals. So in addition to traditional charitable causes, you may find someone who is asking for help financing a car payment or paying for a honeymoon.

GoFundMe is a Patch partner. If you would like to contact a fundraiser or flag a campaign, just click on the images above.

Do you know of a project in town that deserves funding? Let us know in the comments, in a blog post, or head over to GoFundMe.com to start one.